It uses the growing supply of open data from governments, cities, public bodies and companies to generate high volumes of compelling, exclusive and verifiable stories.

Urbs launched a concept site, urbs.london, in Spring 2015 using data largely from the GLA’s London Datastore to give the capital an alternative news service.

Urbs has a global scope and its clients include newspapers, digital publishers and broadcasters. It also provides a content marketing service for companies seeking to associate their brand with data-driven news and information.

Our Investments

Unseen Steam is a multi-platform, on-demand digital channel of niche content for transport enthusiasts. DMA took an uncatalogued archive of vintage railway films and transform it into a digital record of Britain’s transport heritage.